Wildwater Canoeing is a discipline of canoe racing, also known as Wildwater Racing and Whitewater Racing. The wildwater time trial is the purest of whitewater racing forms - the athlete, the river, the clock.
A racing performance is the result of physical conditioning, skill and harmony with the water - and is the only sport where social paddling is necessary to achieve a peak performance. Beautiful water, scenery and companionship make the Wild Water Racing experience compelling. The competitor is free to take whichever route on the river they desire, a freedom of racing unsurpassed in the whitewater world.
Wildwater Canoeing is governed by British Canoeing
We have the Nene White Water Race and Wavehopper Championships coming up next Sunday - all welcome. The winning club will be awarded a new Wavehopper as a prize, kindly donated by Wave Sports. There will be categories for boats under 3.5m as well as for Wavehoppers - It is always a great fun event.The Nene is a great Venue so please come along and give it a try.
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We welcome and encourage everyone to take part, any age, any type of boat, any combination of paddler. It is a great event suitable for novice and expert paddlers alike. 
The Great Britain team have been in action at the 2018 ICF Wildwater World Championships in Muotathal, Switzerland.
In the individual sprint events Rachel Houston and Louise Revill were the only British paddlers to qualify for the finals, finishing on the podium in second place in the women’s C2 unofficial event.
(Picture: Neil Smorthit)
In the women’s team sprint Victoria Murray, Lydia Oxtoby and Laura Milne claimed a fine seventh place, with Nicky Cresser, Robert Jefferies, Jacob Holmes taking tenth place in the men’s team sprint.
In the classic individual races, held on a 4.4 km course through the village of Muotathal to the Vordere Brücke, Nicky Cresser led the way for the British senior team with a fine ninth place in the men’s K1.
Team colleagues Robert Jefferies was 37th, Jacob Holmes 47th and Fraser Gormal 51st.
In the masters event Cresser, from Nottingham Kayak Club, went on to claim the gold medal in the men's K1 classic (A race), by less than a second ahead of Guido Deprins from Belgium.
There were also K1 classic masters medals for Jamie Christie (silver C race) and Richard Vincent (bronze F race).
In the men's classic team event Nicky Cresser, Robert Jefferies and Jacob Holmes combined to finish in 11th place.
In the doubles Rachel Houston and Louise Revell claimed a fine fifth place in the women’s C2 classic, with Ryan Hunt and Mike Rees-Clark 12th in the men's C2 classic.
There were four British competitors in the women’s K1 classic, with Victoria Murray finishing in 18th place, Lydia Oxtoby 19th, Louise Revell 23rd and Laura Milne 26th.
In the Canadian singles Rachel Houston took a fine 12th place in the women's C1 Classic, with Ryan Hunt placed in 24th in the men’s C1 event
Congratulations to the Junior Women’s Team who have won a bronze medal in the Team Classic event at the Junior and U23 Wild Water European Championships in Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Congratulations to the Junior Women’s team (Laura Milne, Jodie Ball and Esme Durrant) who have won a bronze medal in the Team Classic event.
Holding on to their early lead the British team stayed ahead of the German and French teams to finish in an extremely creditable third place behind the winners, Czech Republic, with Slovenia in second place.
Team Manager Julie Lewis said "This is a great result for the girls and indicative of the hard work and professionalism the whole team has displayed out here. They executed their race plan to perfection and achieved the result that they deserve. I'm really excited to see what the team has to offer as we move onto the sprint course, with individual and team sprints over the weekend."
The competition kicked off in Skopje, Macedonia yesterday and runs until the 5th August.
For full updates across the weekend including results from our junior and U23 teams, follow British Wild Water on Twitter.
Updated provisional 2017-2018 National/Regional, Wavehopper individual and Wavehopper club rankings can be found in the annual ranking folder here and the downloads are available here.
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BritishWildwater: The count-down continues, with 10days till the start of the international racing season for our Team. The Minibuses leave with the team next week to get as much practice as possible on the very beautiful and challenging River Muota. We wish them all the very best in what will be a great week of competition.
Womens K1: Lydia Oxtoby, Victoria Murray, Laura Milne, Louise Revell
Mens K1: Nicky Cresser, Robert Jefferies, Fraser Gormal, Jacob Holmes
Womens C1: Rachel Houston
Mens C1: Ryan Hunt
Womens C2: Rachel Houston / Louise Revell
Mens C2: Ryan Hunt / Mike Rees-Clark
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Duddon South Lakes 2 on June 10th has been cancelled. Race 3 will be going ahead as planned on 8th July. Race 1 results will be posted shortly - many thanks for putting on this series - all welcome.
A quick update on the next races coming up - all very welcome and looks like it will be a great summer of racing. Details in the race section.
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19 MAY |
HAMBLE RIVER RAID AND WWR CLASSIC INCLUDED |
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20 MAY |
WINCHESTER 4/OPEN SLALOM AND WWR SPRINT |
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27 MAY |
SHEPPERTON 3&4 SLALOM WITH CLASSIC WWR |
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2 JUNE |
MANOR FARM CLASSIC |
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11 AUG |
HAREFIELD 3& 4 SLALOM WITH WWR CLASSIC |
British Canoeing Annual Report available including WWR - Please read and if you can help in any way please get in touch
